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Child Abuse Negl. 2018 Mar;77:75-84. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2017.12.008. Kwak JY1, Kim JY2, Yoon YW3. Abstract The purpose of this study was to investigate the importance of the relationships with parents, peers, and teachers as a cause of adolescents’ smartphone addiction, and to examine the effect of parental neglect on smartphone addiction and the mediating effect of […]

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J Paediatr Child Health. 2018 Apr 6. doi: 10.1111/jpc.13901. Chung JE1, Choi SA2, Kim KT3, Yee J4, Kim JH4,5, Seong JW4, Seong JM4, Kim JY6, Lee KE6, Gwak HS4. Abstract AIM: Smartphone overuse can cause not only mobility problems in the wrists, fingers and neck but also interference with sleep habits. However, research on smartphone […]

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Biomed Res Int. 2018 Mar 8;2018:5769250. doi: 10.1155/2018/5769250. Ballarotto G1, Volpi B1, Marzilli E1, Tambelli R1. Abstract Adolescents are the main users of new technologies and their main purpose of use is social interaction. Although new technologies are useful to teenagers, in addressing their developmental tasks, recent studies have shown that they may be an […]

Read More… from Adolescent Internet Abuse: A Study on the Role of Attachment to Parents and Peers in a Large Community Sample (2018)

PLoS One. 2018 Apr 19;13(4):e0195677. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0195677. Shin YB1,2, Kim JJ1,2,3, Kim MK2,3, Kyeong S2, Jung YH1,2, Eom H1,2, Kim E2,3. Abstract Internet gaming disorder (IGD) is a new disorder that warrants further investigation, as recently noted in the research criteria of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition. Offering controlled environments […]

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Lee, Jeewon, Min-Je Sung, Sook-Hyung Song, Young-Moon Lee, Je-Jung Lee, Sun-Mi Cho, Mi-Kyung Park, and Yun-Mi Shin. The Journal of Early Adolescence 38, no. 3 (2018): 288-302. Abstract The smartphone has many attractive attributes and characteristics that could make it highly addictive, particularly in adolescents. The purpose of this study was to examine the prevalence […]

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Cheung, Johnson Chun-Sing, Kevin Hin-Wang Chan, Yuet-Wah Lui, Ming-Sum Tsui, and Chitat Chan.  Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal (2018): 1-11. Abstract This study examines the correlations of adolescents’ self-esteem, loneliness and depression with their internet use behaviors with a sample of 665 adolescents from seven secondary schools in Hong Kong. The results suggest that […]

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J Altern Complement Med. 2018 Apr 26. doi: 10.1089/acm.2017.0416. Kang KD1, Jung TW2, Park IH3, Han DH1. Abstract OBJECTIVES: Internet gaming disorder (IGD) has been suggested to be a mental health disorder. Attachment and emotional status in IGD patients are important for understanding the etiology and progression of IGD because both parameters are considered to […]

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J Dev Behav Pediatr. 2018 Feb 13. doi: 10.1097/DBP.0000000000000553. Strong C1, Lee CT2, Chao LH1, Lin CY3, Tsai MC4. Abstract OBJECTIVE: To examine the association between adolescent leisure-time Internet use and social integration in the school context and how this association affects later depressive symptoms among adolescents in Taiwan, using a large nationwide cohort study […]

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Dev Med Child Neurol. 2018 Apr 6. doi: 10.1111/dmcn.13754. Paulus FW1, Ohmann S2, von Gontard A1, Popow C2. Abstract AIM: Internet gaming disorder (IGD) is a serious disorder leading to and maintaining pertinent personal and social impairment. IGD has to be considered in view of heterogeneous and incomplete concepts. We therefore reviewed the scientific literature […]

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Addict Behav. 2018 Jul;82:86-93. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2018.01.027. Epub 2018 Jan 31. Mo PKH1, Chan VWY1, Chan SW1, Lau JTF2. Abstract INTRODUCTION: Internet addiction is prevalent among adolescents and is associated with various negative outcomes. Relatively few studies examined the role of emotion dysregulation and social support on Internet addiction in this population. The present examined the […]

Read More… from The role of social support on emotion dysregulation and Internet addiction among Chinese adolescents: A structural equation model (2018)